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Welcome! Introductions around the table Introductions around the table Sharing PDSA progress Sharing PDSA progress How are PDSA efforts going at your school? How are PDSA efforts going at your school? Place a sticky dot in section of PDSA that represents where you are at in the process (review the Action Research Overview PDSA diagram from session 1/binder) Place a sticky dot in section of PDSA that represents where you are at in the process (review the Action Research Overview PDSA diagram from session 1/binder)

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From High Stakes Assessment to In-Process Measures Mistaken Belief: Its the adults who use assessment results to make the most important instructional decisions… Mistaken Belief: The most important decisions are made annually based on annual high-stakes tests

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What Do Your In-Process Measures Look Like? Talk about what in-process measures your team is using How are things going? –What is working well? –What is your team struggling with?

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Cause & Effect Diagram How is it made? 1. Identify the problem. 2. Record the problem statement. 3. Draw and label the main bones. 4. Brainstorm for problem causes. 5. Identify the most likely cause candidates.

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How is it made? 1. Clearly define the issue or problem. 2. Construct the diagram layout. 3. Analyze the relationships. 4. Count the arrows. 5. Identify the root causes and effects. 6. Study the final diagram.

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Problems in Physical Education) The Teacher Was Mean Some Students Were Not Listening To The Teacher The Teacher Yelled At Us Some Students Were Not Behaving #In / #Out 2 / 1 3 / 0 0 / 3 1/ 2 Root causes are those factors or aspects of a problem which primarily influence other factors (arrows out)

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NCLB and the Quest for Scientifically Based Research NCLB encourages - Instructional strategies shown to be effective through sound scientific research. Systematic, empirical methods Rigorous data analysis Meeting the highest standards of research in your discipline

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LEVEL 4Strong Evidence Research designs that do not randomly assign subjects to treatments. With these designs a logical rather than a statistical argument is used to support the validity of the results. LEVEL 3Promising Studies A combination of studies, consistent across time and subjects, that shows some promise even though the individual studies do not meet the requirements for levels 4 and 5.

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LEVEL 2Marginal These are case studies, conducted by individual investigators. Such reports are by no means worthless, but it is difficult to assess the validity and generalizability of the treatment. LEVEL 1No Empirical Evidence Reports are anecdotal, testimonial, etc.

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Educational Leadership Magazine As legislators contemplate reauthorizing and revising the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), the authors in this issue of Educational Leadership offer the following recommendations: use multiple assessments to inform instruction; design valid accountability measures for schools; support teachers with resources and training; make sure regulations don't have the unintended consequence of limiting the curriculum; and, finally, consider how NCLB is affecting the students - it is meant to help. Educational Leadership

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